I have seen this question which allows one to check for the existence of a member function, but I'm trying to find out whether a class has a member type.
In the example below, both evaluate to "false", but I would like to find a way so that has_bar<foo1>::value evaluates to false, and has_bar<foo2>::value evaluates to true.
Is this possible?
#include <iostream>
struct foo1;
struct foo2 { typedef int bar; };
template <typename T>
class has_bar
{
typedef char yes;
typedef long no;
template <typename C> static yes check( decltype(&C::bar) ) ;
template <typename C> static no check(...);
public:
enum { value = sizeof(check<T>(0)) == sizeof(yes) };
};
int main()
{
std::cout << has_bar<foo1>::value << std::endl;
std::cout << has_bar<foo2>::value << std::endl;
return 0;
}
Edit: implementing a specialisation in response to the answers below:
...if you use C::bar in the target template, the template will be discarded automatically for types that don't have that nested type.
I have tried to do this, but am clearly missing something
#include <iostream>
struct foo1;
struct foo2 { typedef int bar; };
template <typename T, typename U = void>
struct target
{
target()
{
std::cout << "default target" << std::endl;
}
};
template<typename T>
struct target<T, typename T::bar>
{
target()
{
std::cout << "specialized target" << std::endl;
}
};
int main()
{
target<foo1>();
target<foo2>();
return 0;
}